The Memorial Hall was the venue for balls and socials for the small group of people living on the island of Samarai….if those walls could talk.
The Samarai Memorial Hall
In front of the building you can just see a memorial: this was erected on the 50th anniversary of Gallipoli, 25th April 1965. Peter’s parents were probably there but he was at boarding school.
The gun and Gallipoli memorial.The Gallipoli memorial: this would have been of significance to my mother-in-law whose uncle died at Gallipoli.
I'm a Queenslander by birth and after nearly 20 years in the Northern Territory I've returned to my home state. I've been researching my Queensland ancestors for nearly 30 years and like most Aussies I'm a typical "mongrel" with English, Irish, Scottish and German ancestry.
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